Graduation morning at Davie County High School. Up at 7 for a 930 start time.
Katie, my girlfriends daughter will walk across the stage about 90 minutes from now.
I expect we'll hear all the usual cliche's about endings and begginings. Having lived with Jeannie these last few weeks leading up I can tell you that these same cliches apply to parents as well.
Contrary to what's in a parents heart, we don't raise our children to be with us forever. We get a precious few years to enjoy them before they make their own way in the world. They start to pull away from us in their teens as they try to find their identity. I think this is Nature's way of weaning us from them; not the other way around.
There is certainly a lot of excitement around us as we wait. You'd be hard pressed to find a single parent not beaming with pride.
My own high school graduation was held at night. I think it's fitting that this one is held in the morning as these young folks are in the "morning" of their lives. One of the best summers of my life was the summer between high school and college. There was just enough adulthood to feel independent and just enough youth to be relatively free of responsibility. As time goes on, this balance will shift and by the time you're my age the weight of responsibility will be quite burdensome.
Katie has a good head on her shoulders. She's had a plan for a couple of years now and will be leaving us for nursing school at the end of August.
We're very proud of her.
Peace until later. Tim
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